Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
A reprehensible case of coercive abortion
By Mary Lazich
Monday, Jul 21 2008, 07:34 AM
During the last legislative session, I co-authored a bill to prevent coercive abortions that passed in the state Assembly but was killed by the state Senate, even though a state Senate Democrat was the other co-author.
Women are coerced to have abortions more often than you think. One of the most egregious cases occurred in Georgia. A parent forged a signature on a parental consent form for her son's pregnant girlfriend. The parent, Cindi Cook was recently sentenced.
ABC News has the story. Note the headline. Normally the news media would use the clinical term, fetus. ABC editors, to their credit, used the word baby to headline their story.
